O cometh alle to-gider now, ye that ben y-caught and y-bounde with wikkede cheynes, by the deceivable delyt of erthely thinges enhabitinge in your thought!
The whiche delytonly considerede Epicurus, and iuged and establisshed that delyt is 55 the sovereyn good; for as moche as alle othre thinges, as him thoughte, bi-refte awey Ioye and mirthe fram the herte.
Every delyt hath this, that it anguissheth hem with prikkes that usen it.
The whiche delyt only considerede Epicurus, and iuged and establisshed that delyt is the sovereyn good.
My good is harm, and ever-mo In wrathe is turned my pleying, 605 And my delyt in-to sorwing.
In gret perel is set youth-hede, Delyt so doth his bridil lede.
Fleshly delyt is so present 5095 With thee, that sette al thyn entent, Withoute more (what shulde I glose?
Delyt of Youthe wol have servyse To do what so he wol devyse; And Youthe is redy evermore 4985 For to obey, for smerte of sore, Unto Delyt, and him to yive Hir servise, whyl that she may live.
With Delyt she halt soiour, For bothe they dwellen in oo tour.
Veyne glorie, is for to have pompe and delyt in his temporel hynesse, and glorifie him in this worldly estaat.
I seye, that it shal been universal and total; this is to seyn, a man shal be verray repentant for alle hise sinnes that he hath doon in delyt of his thoght; for delyt is ful perilous.
But lat the Iustice be war that he do it rightfully, and that he do it nat for delyt to spille blood, but for kepinge of rightwisenesse.
And this is fruitful Penitence agayn three thinges in whiche we wratthe oure lord Iesu Crist: /110 this is to seyn, by delyt in thinkinge, by recchelesnesse in spekinge, and by wikked sinful werkinge.
To liven in delyt was ever his wone, 335 For he was Epicurus owne sone, That heeld opinioun, that pleyn delyt Was verraily felicitee parfyt.
Another lesinge comth of delyt for to lye, in which delyt they wol forge a long tale, and peynten it with alle circumstaunces, where al the ground of the tale is fals.
At Babiloyne was his sovereyn see, In which his glorie and his delythe hadde.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "delyt" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
